https://padlet.com/2489814/dyps63t9l5hr25v8 Frederick was born in Eastern Shore of Maryland in February 1818. He was involved in the Abolitionist Movement with Harriet Tubman. The movement started in the 1800's, they started it for a more organized, radical, and immediate effort to end slavery. en-us 2023-04-19 20:12:32 UTC 2023-04-19 20:41:04 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f3c3-2640.png 2489814 https://padlet.com/2489814/dyps63t9l5hr25v8/wish/2560689650 Frederick Douglass was born February 1818, in Eastern Shore of Maryland.]]> 2023-04-19 20:17:44 UTC https://padlet.com/2489814/dyps63t9l5hr25v8/wish/2560689650 2489814 https://padlet.com/2489814/dyps63t9l5hr25v8/wish/2560692752 Semptember 3, 1838 he disguised himself as a sailor and boarded a northbound train, using money from Anna to pay for his ticket.]]> 2023-04-19 20:21:57 UTC https://padlet.com/2489814/dyps63t9l5hr25v8/wish/2560692752 2489814 https://padlet.com/2489814/dyps63t9l5hr25v8/wish/2560693773 in less than 24 hours, Frederick arrived in New York City and declared himself free. He had successfully escaped from slavery.]]> 2023-04-19 20:23:12 UTC https://padlet.com/2489814/dyps63t9l5hr25v8/wish/2560693773 2489814 https://padlet.com/2489814/dyps63t9l5hr25v8/wish/2560696012 After escaping from slavery, Frederick married Anna on September 15, 1838 They decided that New York City was not a safe place for Frederick to remain as a fugitive, so they settled in New Bedford, Massachusetts.]]> 2023-04-19 20:25:53 UTC https://padlet.com/2489814/dyps63t9l5hr25v8/wish/2560696012 2489814 https://padlet.com/2489814/dyps63t9l5hr25v8/wish/2560697167  In 1845, he published his first autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, to lay those doubts to rest. The narrative gave a clear record of names and places from his enslavement.]]> 2023-04-19 20:27:33 UTC https://padlet.com/2489814/dyps63t9l5hr25v8/wish/2560697167 2489814 https://padlet.com/2489814/dyps63t9l5hr25v8/wish/2560698612 In 1861, the nation erupted into Civil War over the issue of slavery. Frederick Douglass worked tirelessly to make sure that emancipation would be one of the war's outcomes. ]]> 2023-04-19 20:29:36 UTC https://padlet.com/2489814/dyps63t9l5hr25v8/wish/2560698612 2489814 https://padlet.com/2489814/dyps63t9l5hr25v8/wish/2560702010 On April 12, 1865 according to the article the civil war ended because "Peace eventually came when each of the seceded states returned to the Union and accepted the terms on which that Union was based."]]> 2023-04-19 20:34:20 UTC https://padlet.com/2489814/dyps63t9l5hr25v8/wish/2560702010 2489814 https://padlet.com/2489814/dyps63t9l5hr25v8/wish/2560703819 He then remarried in 1884 to Helen Pitts, an activist and the daughter of former abolitionists. Their marriage stirred controversy, as Helen was white and twenty years younger than him.]]> 2023-04-19 20:37:02 UTC https://padlet.com/2489814/dyps63t9l5hr25v8/wish/2560703819 2489814 https://padlet.com/2489814/dyps63t9l5hr25v8/wish/2560705424 He returned home to Cedar Hill in the late afternoon and was preparing to give a speech at a local church when he suffered a heart attack and passed away. Douglass was 77. He had remained a central figure in the fight for equality and justice for his entire life.]]> 2023-04-19 20:39:20 UTC https://padlet.com/2489814/dyps63t9l5hr25v8/wish/2560705424 2489814 https://padlet.com/2489814/dyps63t9l5hr25v8/wish/2560706411 They traveled to Europe and Africa in 1886-1887, and they took up temporary residence in Haiti during Douglass's service there in 1889-1891.]]> 2023-04-19 20:40:52 UTC https://padlet.com/2489814/dyps63t9l5hr25v8/wish/2560706411